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Papercuts Comics Festival Day 2 - Talking Pictures

  • Braggs Theatre, The University of Adelaide Victoria Drive Adelaide, SA, 5000 Australia (map)

Papercuts Comics Festival is a 5-day comics festival held in various location throughout Adelaide CBD on Kaurna Country on the 16-20 September. All events are free to attend.

Day two - Talking Pictures: lives comics readings

Organised as part of the wider ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜€ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น, ๐˜›๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜—๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด is an opportunity to experience comics in a different way as creators combine art and performance for a multimedia storytelling event. The presenters will each perform a live reading accompanied by onscreen projections of their own art.

Our amazing roster of local and interstate presenters is:
โ€ข Adam Gillespie
โ€ข Claudia Chinyere Akole (NSW)
โ€ข Jana Hoffmann
โ€ข Jessica Zeng
โ€ข Lisa Vertudaches
โ€ข Mitch Hearn
โ€ข Nathan Grixti
โ€ข Rachel Ang (VIC

After reading about each of their credentials and experience, you are sure to want to see their interpretations of the ๐˜›๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜—๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด

This diverse group of visual storytellers will bring you an evening of engaging, entertaining, and thought-provoking readings on a theme, which this year is simply โ€˜Foodโ€™. Adelaide-based comic creator and Papercuts Comics Festival co-director Owen Heitmann will be the emcee.

This session will feature sign interpretation in Auslan, provided by Deaf Can Do.

There will be a short intermission halfway through the event, and after the readings we invite you to join us and the presenters for complimentary drinks and nibbles in The Braggsโ€™ foyer.

To reserve your place at this event, please make sure to book through Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/.../talking-pictures...

You can find out more about all the event and let us know that youโ€™re interested at the Talking Pictures Facebook event.